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hey (hā)

interjection

  1. used to attract attention, express surprise, delight, puzzlement, etc., or preface a remark
  2. ☆ Chiefly South hello

Etymology: ME hei, echoic formation akin to Ger & Du hei

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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